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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in Storia delle Arti - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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History of European Art Cultures (2024/2025)
Teaching code
4S010523
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-ART/02 - HISTORY OF MODERN ART
Period
CuCi 2 A dal Feb 17, 2025 al Mar 29, 2025.
Courses Single
Authorized
Learning objectives
The course provides the basic methodological tools for approaching European areas from the art historical point of view. Special attention will be paid to their main characteristics in terms of form and content, and their most relevant relationships with European and extra European areas. In order to achieve a more articulate comprehension, sources and methods drawn from other disciplines (for example, history, history of literature, history of philosophy) will be taken into account, in the light of an interdisciplinary perspective. The main course’s goals are: Aid students in interpreting the complexity and peculiarity of different formal languages; Analyse exchanges of artistic typologies and iconographies; Appreciate the originality and the relationships of these phenomena within their cultural contexts; Read the sources, when appropriate, in the original text (with translation). During the course, students will be invited to develop their judgement and express their opinions on the works of art (slides will be loaded on the e-learning site). Furthermore, students will be encouraged to verify the reliability of the theoretical statements they have learnt from the teacher by analysing the works of art by their own, in order to increase their skills.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Knowledge of modern art history
Program
The course will analyze the relationships between two geographical areas in order to highlight both the circulation of influences in two different cultural contexts (Rome and Madrid) and the works of art produced in these contexts. To this end, appropriate works by Caravaggio (Milan, 1571 - Porto Ercole, 1610) and Velázquez (Seville, 1599- Madrid, 1660) will be the object of study, with particular interest for the iconographic and iconological interpretation, following an interdisciplinary approach based on art-historical, historical and literary sources. The aim of the course is to provide students with the fundamental tools to recognize the more relevant cultural structures between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in different geographical areas and to critically address the problems involved in the interpretation of these structures. During the course, students are constantly invited to directly verify the validity of what they have learned on the works of art (the images are proposed in class and uploaded to the e-learning platform); furthermore, students are invited to take notes and express themselves on the problems inherent in some works of art, so that they can develop autonomous analytical skills and autonomous revision of the concepts learned. Caravaggio's innovations in Rome: 1. The historical and art historical context. 2. The formation and maturation of his style. 3. Caravaggio's patrons and iconographies: functions and meaning. 4. The spread of Caravaggism in Italy and Europe. Velázquez's development, from Seville to Madrid: 1. The historical and art historical context. 2. The formation and maturation of Velazquez's style. 3. Velazquez's patrons and iconographies: functions and meaning. 4. The exchange with the Italian and Caravaggio's culture.
Reference texts:
- Maurizio Calvesi, Le realtà di Caravaggio, Torino, Einaudi, 1990.
- Velazquez, a cura di A. Dominguez Ortiz, Alfonso E. Perez Sanchez, Julian Gallego, Madrid, Ministerio de Cultura 1990, pp. pp. 62-66; 68-73; 84-89; 146-152; 158-162; 240-244; 310-315; 360-367; 368-371; 420-429.
Las Meninas, a cura di Alessandro Nova, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 1997, pp. 75-155
The basic material for the course is available at "30 e oltre" copy shop (Verona, via Timavo 16).
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Frontal lessons
Learning assessment procedures
Oral examination
Evaluation criteria
Verify the knowledge acquired during the course, the skill to interpret the topics, and the ability to reflect autonomously. Attending and non-attending students must study the same texts and take the same exam. Non-attending students must understand and put into context the images uploaded on the course’s Moodle page. Erasmus students are also invited to attend the lessons and must take the test like the other students. There are no intermediate tests.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final grade derives from a single oral exam.
Exam language
Italiano
